Eric Müller's book in German (above) contains an extensive history of this cemetery, with mapping of graves and photographs of gravestones with copies of German inscriptions. It refers to the old section of this cemetery, which was declared full in 1850, when an extension to the north was acquired. Jewish families in adjoining communities were obliged to contribute to the cost of this extension, although fewer and fewer Jews lived in the area with the last burial taking place in 1926.

This cemetery was severely vandalised several times during the Nazi era and also in 1976 and 1991. In that year restoration measures were taken to ensure that a recurrance of vandalism would not recurr.